Research output per year
Research output per year
Personal profile
Biography
Chloë's main research interests are criminal law, legal theory, legal history, and the relationship between these areas. She is particularly interested in intellectual and cultural legal history, focussing on the ways that prevailing ideas have shaped the law's development and continue to inform our contemporary assumptions. She has published in these areas and in the areas of law and gender and law and religion.
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Current Research Interests
Criminal law, criminal law theory, legal history, intellectual history, legal theory, law and religion, law and philosophy, critical legal studies, law and gender.
Education/Academic qualification
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), University of Edinburgh
Award Date: 1 Jan 2014
Master of Laws, University of Edinburgh
Award Date: 1 Jan 2010
Bachelor of Laws, University of Glasgow
Award Date: 1 Jan 2007
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Research output
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Nervous shock in the age of anxiety
Kennedy, C. & Fredrickson, J., 28 Sept 2026, (Accepted/In press) In: The Journal of Legal History.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Not just academic: Critiquing and reforming the law of deceptive sex
Kennedy, C., 30 Mar 2026, Modern Criminal Law Review, 2, 2.Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Article
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Feminist approaches to legal argumentation
Cowan, S. & Kennedy, C., 11 Dec 2025, Research Handbook on Legal Argumentation. d’Almeida, L. D., Chang, R., Bermejo-Luque, L., MacDonald, E. & Shecaira, F. P. (eds.). Routledge, p. 465-481 17 p. (Research Handbooks in Legal Theory).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review
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Talking Legal History
Kennedy, C. (Performer), 19 Jun 2025Research output: Non-textual form › Digital or Visual Products
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Kennedy on Deceptively Induced Intimacy
Kennedy, C., 14 Feb 2025, Criminal Justice Theory Blog.Research output: Other contribution
Open Access
Activities
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Criminal Law Review (Journal)
Kennedy, C. (Peer reviewer)
30 Sept 2026Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Publication peer-review
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Modern Law Review (Journal)
Kennedy, C. (Peer reviewer)
12 Sept 2026Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Publication peer-review
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Procuring ‘Gross Indecency’: Labouchère’s Overlooked Offence
Kennedy, C. (Speaker)
27 May 2026Activity: Academic talk or presentation types › Oral presentation
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Public defence for Sofie Avery
Kennedy, C. (Examiner)
1 Apr 2026Activity: Examination types › Examination
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Modern Law Review (Journal)
Kennedy, C. (Peer reviewer)
27 Feb 2026Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Publication peer-review
Prizes
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AHRC Early Career Research Leader Fellowship
Kennedy, C. (Recipient), 1 Aug 2019
Prize: Fellowships awarded competitively
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Innovation Initiative Grant
Kennedy, C. (Recipient) & Cowan, S. (Recipient), 1 Oct 2017
Prize: Other distinctions
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A History Of Hurt Feelings And The Law In Scotland
Kennedy, C. (Principal Investigator)
12/05/25 → 11/05/29
Project: Research
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A History of Hurt Feelings and the Law
Kennedy, C. (Principal Investigator), Krzanich, A. (Co-Investigator (External)) & Barclay, K. (Co-Investigator (External))
Project: Research
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Identity Deception: A Critical History
Kennedy, C. (Principal Investigator)
Arts and Humanities Research Council
1/01/20 → 31/12/21
Project: Research
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Identity Deception: A Critical History
Kennedy, C. (Principal Investigator)
1/01/20 → 31/12/21
Project: Research
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Scottish Feminist Judgments Project
Kennedy, C. (Co-investigator), Cowan, S. (Co-investigator) & Munro, V. (Co-investigator)
1/05/17 → 31/03/19
Project: University Awarded Project Funding
Press/Media
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Calls for law change to make sex by deception illegal
18/01/23
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research
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England: Calls for law to make sexual activity by ‘all forms of deception’ illegal
18/01/23
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research
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Sex, lies, and law reform: When should we criminalise sex by deception?
18/01/23
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research
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Legal experts call for new UK offence of inducing sexual activity by deception
18/01/23
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research
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Call for clear sex deception rules
29/09/22
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Project or Organisational News Item